1896–97 St Helens RLFC season
The 1896-97 St Helens R.F.C. season was the club's second in the Northern Rugby Football Union. In a divided county championship league, the club finished 9th out of 14.[1] The Challenge Cup was also established that year, and it was St Helens, with Batley who contested the first final; St Helens losing 10-3 with Derek Traynor scoring Saints' only points.[2][3][4]
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Saints are pictured in the first ever Challenge Cup Final, 1897: Batley (left) vs St Helens (right)
1896–97 St Helens RLFC season | ||||
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1896–97 Northern Rugby Football Union season Rank | 9th | |||
Challenge Cup | Final | |||
1898-99 record | Wins: 15; Draws: 4; Losses: 13 | |||
Points scored | For: 122; Against: 160 | |||
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Lancashire Senior Championship
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | |
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1 | Broughton Rangers | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 201 | 52 | +149 | 43 |
2 | Oldham | 26 | 20 | 2 | 4 | 243 | 59 | +184 | 42 |
3 | Tyldesley | 26 | 15 | 2 | 9 | 159 | 80 | +79 | 32 |
4 | Runcorn | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 134 | 62 | +72 | 31 |
5 | Stockport | 26 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 157 | 137 | +20 | 30 |
6 | Swinton | 26 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 125 | 82 | +43 | 29 |
7 | Warrington | 26 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 100 | 124 | -24 | 27 |
8 | Leigh | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 105 | 147 | -42 | 26 |
9 | St. Helens | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 122 | 160 | -38 | 24 |
10 | Widnes | 26 | 10 | 3 | 13 | 113 | 164 | -51 | 23 |
11 | Wigan | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 73 | 118 | -45 | 23 |
12 | Rochdale Hornets | 26 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 121 | 167 | -46 | 17 |
13 | Salford | 26 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 76 | 191 | -115 | 11 |
14 | Morecambe | 26 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 52 | 238 | -186 | 6 |
Champions |
Source: R.L.Yearbook 1995-96 cited in "The Vault".
League points: for win = 2; for draw = 1; for loss = 0.
Pld = Games played; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; PF = Match points scored; PA = Match points conceded; PD = Points difference; Pts = League points.
References
- "1896-97 League Tables". Saints heritage Society. 2010-12-05. Retrieved 2010-12-05.
- "Challenge Cup Role of Honour". BBC. 2006-08-26. Retrieved 2009-07-11.
- "1897 Challenge Cup Final". BBC. 1897-08-26. Retrieved 2009-07-11.
- Hoole, Les (8 August 1998). The Rugby League Challenge Cup. Breedon Books Ltd. (ISBN 1-85983-094-3).
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